Recipe: Maggies Coca Cola Basted Ham

Title: Maggies Coca-Cola Basted Ham
Categories: Meats Soda pop Main dish
Servings: 12

10 lb Ham; *
6 c Coca-cola
1 c Brown Sugar; Dark, Packed
1 T Mustard; Dry
2 T Mustard; Prepared, Sharp
2 c Bread Crumbs; Fine, Dry

* Ham should be one of the precooked hams. Not one
of the specialty cured or canned hams. Just the
standard bone in ham in the meat counter.
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++++++++++++++++++ Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Place ham, fat side down, in a shallow baking pan.
Pour coke into pan until it is 1/2-inch deep. Bake 2
to 3 hours, or until ham can be easily pierced with a
fork, basting with the Coca-Cola every 15 to 20
minutes. (Center of ham will read 140 degrees F on a
meat thermometer when properly cooked.) Remove ham
from the pan and cool. Cut away rind and fat with a
sharp knife. Combine sugar, mustards, bread crumbs,
and enough Coke to form a thick paste. Place ham on
roasting rack in pan and pat all over with the paste.
Add remaining coke to the bottom of the pan.
Increase the temperature to 375 degrees F. and bake
the ham 45 minutes longer, basting every 20 to 15
minutes until sugar-mustard paste has melted to a dark
glaze. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes
before slicing.